Combination step-ladder and ironing-board.



J. G. GARLAND & J. A. CLINARD.

COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.I4'19l6.

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Patented Nov. 12,1918.

J. 5. GARLAND & J. A. CLINARD.

COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND momma BOARD.

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JOHN G. GARLAND AND moon A. GLINABD, or HIGH POINT, Non'rn canonrne;SAID GARLAND ASSIGNOR T0 D. v.- CASSA-DY, or HIGI-IPOINT, Non'rn onoLINA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12 1918.

Application filed April 14, 1916. Serial No. 91,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN G. GARLAND and JACOB A. CLINARD, citizens ofthe United States, residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford andState of North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination Step-Ladders and Ironing-Boards; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to a combined step ladder and ironing board,wherein the supporting legs of the step ladder may be employed inconnection with the treads of the step ladder for forming an ironingboard support, and also to provide a combined step ladder and ironingboard structure, wherein the ironing board may be quickly and easilyattached to or detached from the step ladder structure.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a structure asspecified, supporting legs for the step ladder, which are braced bytransversely extending rods, which rods coact with hooks carried by thetread section of the step ladder for connecting the tread section of thestep ladder to the bracing legs, and which rods may be utilized asclothes hangers or a clothes rack when the device used as an ironingboard.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consistsin'suoh novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofpartsas will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a perspective View of the improved combination step ladder andironing board showing the ironing board in an extended position,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing parts broken away, of the deviceemployed as a step ladder,

Fig. 3 is a verticalsection through the combined step ladder and ironingboard showing the. ironing board in an extended position and lower thanthe position of the ironing board as illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. at is an edge of the device folded,

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the ironing board,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective of a part of the bottom of theironing board illustrating the hooks by means of which it is attached tothe tread section of the step ladder, and I Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of the lower end of the bracing leg of the ironingboard structure.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 designates a propstructure of the step ladder and ironing board. which con1- prises apair of spaced vertical legs or bars 2 and 3, which are connected by aplurality of transversely extending rods 4. The spaced legs and 3 havebrace bars 5 pivotally connected thereto as is shown at 6, which bracebars are also pivotally connected as shown at T to the side stiles 8 ofthe tread section of the step ladder. The stiles 8 have treads or steps9 connected thereto at the usual distances apart, and they have a rod 10connected thereto adjacent the under side and near the front edge of thetop tread or step 9 and extending transversely from one stile to theother which rod is the same shape and size as the bracing rod 4.

The ironing board structure 11 includes the ironing board pro-per 12which has a bar 3 attached to its under surface in any suitable manner.The bar 13 has hooks 14 connected thereto. which hooks are constructedof sheet metal or the like and have their curved ends shaped for snuglyfitting about the rod 10. The bar 13 has one of the hooks attached. toits under surface adjacent to each of its ends.

The ironing board 12 has a bracing leg 16 hingedly connected to itsunder surface as shown at 17. a short distance inwardly from its outerend. The bracing leg 16 has the under surface of its free end cut awayto provide a shoulder 18 adapted to engage the edge of the tread 9, whenthe ironing board. structure is supported in its higher position asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

hen the ironing board structure 11 is supported in its higher positionas illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the hooks 20, which areattached to the inner edges of the stiles 8 of the step ladder structureare mounted about the second of the bracing rod which is indicated bythe numeral 4:.

When the ironing board 12 is supported in its lower position, the hooks20 are mounted about the third bracing rod, which is indicated by thenumeral 4, and the lug 21 which is attached to the under surface of thesupporting leg 16 forms a shoulder adapted to engage the outer edge ofthe tread or step 9 while the under surface of the supporting leg 16which extends outwardly from the lug 21 engages the upper surface of thetread as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This rigidlysupports the ironing board 12 in a horizontal position, at a lowerelevation, than it is supported when the hooks 20 are connected to thebracing rod i When the ironing board is in position for use, its innerend engages the outer edge of the top tread 9. This on gagement and thehooks 14, hold the ironing board 12 against any inward or outwardmovements during the ironing operation. l/Vhen the ironing board 12 isin parallel position with relation to the tread section, the inner endof the ironing board 12 is spaced far enough from the tread 9 to permitthe ironing board 12 to be readily and quickly removed when it isdesired to use the device as a step ladder.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, the ironing board structure is disconnectedfrom the step ladder structure, and the device is'illustrated as a stepladder at which time the hooks 20 are engaged over the uppermost of thecross rods 4.

In Fig. A of the drawings, the entire de vice is illustrated in a foldedposition for storage, at which time movement of the ironing boardstructure 11, is prevented by a button 22 which is pivotally connectedas shown at 23 to the top tread or step 9 and extends outwardly and atits outer end will engage the upper end of the ironing board structure11. When the device is in a folded position, the hooks 14L are engagedover the cross brace rod 10. The braces 5 are provided with cut outportions 24-, which are provided for permitting of the folding of thestructure into a compact form, and preventing the engagement of thebraces with the bracing rod 4:

A sleeve boarc 25 is pivotally connected to the under surface of theironing board 12.

If it is so desired, the cross or brace rod at may be utilized as aclothes rack for sup porting the ironed clothes, when the device is usedas an ironing board.

in reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features ofconstruction, com bination and arrangement of parts may necessitatealterations to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterationsare comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is In combination, a prop structure including a pair ofclosely related cross rods, a tread section, hooks carried by the upperend of the tread section for engagement with either of said rods, bracebars pivoted to the prop structure and to the tread section, a cross rodcarried by the tread section adjacent the under side and near the frontedge of the top tread, an ironing board, hooks secured to the inner endof the ironing board for engagement with said second named red, thelocation of this rod with respect to the top tread positioning the innerend of the ironing board in engagement with the front edge of the toptread, and a bracing leg having its upper .end hinged to the under sideof the ironing'board and provided adjacent its lower end with a pair ofrelatively spaced shoulders for engagement with one of the lower treads,said closely related rods on the prop structure and the relativelyspaced shoulders on the bracing leg permitting the ironing board to besupported at various distances from the floor, and said engagementbetween the inner end of the ironing board and the front edge of the toptread and the hooks preventing the ironing board from having any inwardor outward movement during the .Olllllg operation.

In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN G. GARLAND. JACOB A. CLINARD.

l Vitnesses J. V. JorrNsoN, B. F. HAsmNs.

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